(January 20, 2018 at 11:49 am)purplepurpose Wrote: There is no point in eternal agony for people and God. It's a good way to scare in to submission, but scenario itself seems pointless.
Absolutely pointless. It is a concept of revenge, not one of containment or correction.
BUT, having said that, concepts of god/Gods/deities, in ALL of religion worldwide are not the only concepts of pre and post life punishment/reward.
In many Native American and Asian religions, there is a concept of worship of ancestors and a recycle of life, in that if you do well now, you get a better life in your next. All are still primitive concepts of regulating behavior.